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Education: GRAPHIC DESIGN, BACHELOR DESIGN
Why do you do what you do? I started to have interest in the artistic world when finding out that it always found it more important to visualize the information rather than just give the information. When I made a piece or wrote some text for earlier studies I always payed more attention to the visual aspect of it. The research towards the subject got lost.
That was the exact moment (with some small stept in the middle) that I applied to the university of the arts.
Could you describe your style and how it developed? As I am still in the middle of the process of being a designer, my work at this moment contains a lot of colour, elements, materials and research towards the creation of an experience. Im all of creating experiences for audiences as graphic design and art now a days mainly gets exhibited in galleries and museums, you cannot touch the objects. I always remember that moment of a piece of Jeff Koons and I wanted to touch is so badly. The high chrome level was inviting my fingertips.
Where do you get inspiration from? Magazines, social media, materials, places (visiting cheap kitschy stores really drives me) – I was in Rotterdam lately, on the Kruiskade. We went into this Nightstore where they had fluorescent lights all over the place. Nearly all the shelves were empty, it looked really cheap but so awesome. Stuff like that really inspires me to create designs or other projects.
At the end I really live by the line 'What I see'. I always memorize stuff that I find really interesting and inspiring, I won't label it or store it in sections, I just make photos or cut-outs and place them points where I will see them often.
What is the best part about working within the creative industries? The network you create, getting to know people with he same interests. Getting accepted I guess.
What do you wish you knew about your business before you got started? >>>>>>>>!!!!!!>>>> Not sure of this really suits the question <<<<<!!!!!!!!!!<<<<<<<<<<<<
That some parts of the internet and platforms really fucked up the industry. In my opinion people all over the world will qualify themselves as designers because they watch youtube tutorials and know how to use basic Adobe skills – they eventually make more money creating logo's for services such as designformoney.com.
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What I do know, now, is that it takes a lot more then just knowing how to use colors such as green and yellow, use types/fonts and choosing a medium. It takes a lot of research to arrive at that certain point of designing, creating. It takes much effort to get a great story. I truly can say that in about 2 years, when I finished my bachelor of Design, I will be still at that point of learning.
Has your style develop/change over the time being active? If yes, how? Yes, at the start of my study I was still very, very new at the 'Graphic Design world'… Many students linked me to the use of neon and fluorescent colors. Lately it was more the kitsch way. Now I mostly started to use influences of the internet and styles I see in magazines as WAD, Fruits and PUPmag.
Who would you like to work with? I got in touch with a lot of interesting people the last few months. I still have no clue or idea of who to work with. I'am planning to do an internship in Fashion Design or work with an Fashion photographer.
What is your idea of success? To find reason in your work. To help a certain group op people or solving problems.
Is there a message that you are trying to portray through your work? Not a specific message, it depends of the work. Some things that you will find is the use of materials of the experience that I'm trying to develop/communicate.
In your opinion, how important is it to culturally educate through art? Since I never had a proper education in art, before applying to the university of the arts, I find it really important to start educating about art and the creative industry really early. People need to understand that there are so many ways to interpret arts and design.
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Once Upon a Time: Australian Writers on Using the PastEdited by Paul Ashton, Anna Clark and Robert Crawford
Writers cannot escape the past. Whether they are novelists, speechwriters, scriptwriters, biographers or historians, writers, like everyone else, draw constantly on the past in both the practice of everyday life and in doing their creative work. They operate in sensory landscapes which stimulate embodied and situated knowledge. Memories can be evoked by sound, smell, touch, sight and taste through objects, places and rituals. We are all permanently living the past in the present. But the past is not history. History is an ensemble of practices that use the past to make meaning today.
This book brings together sixteen well-known writers from diverse backgrounds: Debra Adelaide, Paul Ashton, Anna Clark, Robert Crawford, John Dale, Ross Gibson, Bridget Griffen-Foley, Lucinda Holdforth, Julia Horne, Paul Kiem, John Maynard, Betty O'Neill, Penny Russell, Janis Wilton, Garry Wotherspoon and Clare Wright. It looks at how history – a discipline which generally strives for critical distance – and the past – a concept which is open-ended and useful in the present – are used in a range of genres from historical and 'true crime' novels to family history and memoir.
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Uncover and bake until the garlic cloves are soft and golden brown, another 30–40 minutes. (Make ahead and store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.)
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Sentence reduced for Nashua woman charged in the bathtub drowning death of her son
NASHUA - A Merrimack woman charged in connection with the 2011 drowning death of her 8-month-old son has had the final year of her prison sentence suspended after she told the judge her recent spate of bad behavior has improved.
The Nashua Telegraph reported a Hillsborough County Superior Court judge agreed to the suspension of the final year of her five to 10-year prison term. Melissa Gutierrez, 31, pleaded guilty to negligently causing the 2011 drowning death of her son Christian Ntapalis who drown in Gutierrez' Merrimack home. At the time, she told police she went down stairs to grab a towel and ran back up stairs when she water coming through the downstairs ceiling.
The five- to 10-year term to which she was sentenced, the result of a plea agreement she reached with prosecutors, carried a provision that she could get one year taken off her minimum sentence if she successfully completed parenting, mental-health and life-skills programs in prison.
Gutierrez took, and promptly completed, those programs, Sculimbrene wrote in the motion. But she never received the one-year reduction, he added, due to a spate of "inappropriate behavior."
Although Gutierrez over the past year "has shown marked improvement in her behavior," her lawyer Anthony Sculimbrene said, she chose to hold off on filing the suspension motion because she "recognized that her behavior had been inappropriate."
That the plea agreement also credited Gutierrez for 226 days she'd already served in jail leaves her with little time left to serve before she is paroled.
Temple, who in his order noted Gutierrez's successful completion of the prison programs, also recommended that she enroll in, and complete, Concord Hospital's intensive outpatient substance abuse treatment program known as "Fresh Start" as part of her parole plan.


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Blue Assets: Realising the Potential of our Oceans and Coasts
The Out of the Blue (OOTB) photographic exhibition, showcasing the winning images of The Prince of Wales's Commonwealth Environmental Photography Awards, opened at the Commonwealth Youth Forum at the San Antonio Hotel in Malta on Saturday 21stth November.
On Sunday, a range of the competition's stunning entries was brought to life by Dr. Ben Milligan (pictured), Senior Researcher at University College London, who presented a session at the Youth Forum on the importance of realising the potential of our oceans and coasts.
The session was attended by youth delegates from across the Commonwealth. Amongst the countries represented were Australia, Malta, Trinidad and Tobago, Bangladesh, Seychelles, Guyana, Uganda, The Maldives, Singapore, Cyprus, Belize and the United Kingdom.
Dr. Milligan introduced the photography exhibition and emphasised the power of photography to shock, inspire and educate. It is hoped that the Out of Blue exhibition will have this impact on Commonwealth leaders and inspire them to do all they can to protect, nurture and sustainably manage our oceans, seas and coasts.
Dr. Milligan then described the role of our marine resources in the context of the global environmental and development challenges that currently face our world. He began by stressing that the oceans are relevant to nearly all of the recently agreed Sustainable Development Goals, as the health of our oceans has a direct impact on goals, from nutrition, health and sanitation, to poverty, decent work, economic growth, affordable clean energy, climate action and responsible consumption and production. One way in which our ocean resources or 'Blue Assets' can be used to meet the SDG's is through Sustainable 'blue' economic growth.
Dr. Milligan used the competition entries to highlight the numerous and varied ways in which people experience, interact and rely on marine resources, as well as the extraordinary diversity within these resources, as demonstrated by the almost unfathomable range of marine and plant species. Environmental polices and legislation to ensure the sustainable use of our marine assets needs to recognise that this vast range of life within the ocean interacts with one another as functional units i.e ecosystems. Therefore a specific intervention in one part of the coast, or on one marine species, will have implications for all others.
The interactions within an ecosystem have not traditionally been factored into human use of natural resources. Over the past 100 years, humans have changed the characteristics of the natural environment, both through extraction of resources from the oceans and by the adding of chemicals, pollution and waste into the oceans. Human activity has even altered the chemical balance of the ocean's waters. Dr. Milligan used entries from the OOTB competition to show examples of this human impact, showing images that depicted pollution, mining, fishing and bleached coral reefs. One such image was of a crown of thorns on a bleached coral reef – a result of ocean acidification.
Dr. Milligan did add that it is important to remember that such negative consequences of human endeavour are only half of the story. The traditional model of development has resulted in huge benefits for vast numbers of the global population. Poverty has been significantly reduced and life expectancy and living standards are considerably better than they were 100 years ago. However, when weighing the pros and cons of human development over the last 100 years it is also important to recognise that these benefits are not realised equally across the Commonwealth and that this human productivity has resulted in substantial and irreversible loss of the diversity of life on earth.
This development and human productivity has been possible because of the very natural resources which are increasingly at great risk. Through the services provided by natural ecosystems, we have been able to create energy, build infrastructure, feed and clothe ourselves and make products and goods that we can buy and sell to establish an economy.
This increasing recognition of the reliance of human development on natural resources has led to a new and evolving view of how we interact with nature. Dr. Milligan referred to this as the 21st Century approach to development. In this view, nature is perceived to be an asset, just like any other. 'Assets' is commonly referred to in the context of financial or human resources and increasingly we are recognising that we need to value our natural assets, including those from the marine world, just as much.
Dr. Milligan used competition entries to demonstrate these blue assets. He showed how our oceans provide vital ecosystem services such as infrastructure, filtration, recreation and tourism, storm and flood protection, livelihoods and food security. There are also new opportunities for use of these assets for energy and health, for example through tidal power and genetic resources for medicines.
However, these assets are not recognised in traditional methods of financial accounting and do not feature on countries' balance sheets. The Gross Domestic Product method of measuring a country's wealth says nothing about the status of its natural assets, despite the fact that natural assets are as important to human wellbeing as financial assets.
In looking to the future- and to the next generation- as to how our blue assets will be used, protected and invested in, Dr. Milligan highlighted a couple of key considerations that should be taken into account. He suggested that it is important to weigh up the costs and benefits of a given policy by taking into account the fact that blue assets form a complex ecosystem and consider the interactions within that ecosystem. He also noted the need to address the cause and not just the symptom of poverty that leads people to turn natural wealth into financial. He suggested that the status of our blue assets need to be better measured and understood and that this analysis should be incorporated into how we understand our economy.
A short discussion followed the presentation during which youth delegates were able to pose questions and share their concerns and experiences of how blue assets were being used in their own countries. Delegates asked about specific development challenges within their countries and asked about the role of knowledge sharing and technology transfer to meet those challenges. In response to this discussion Dr. Milligan noted that better measurement of the status of natural assets would facilitate a better appreciation of the costs and benefits of any development that utilised these assets. Such analysis could also help increase the investment needed in blue assets and in the services that marine ecosystems provide. He suggested that knowledge sharing was very important and that mutual learning should be encouraged across economic and geographical divides. Finally, Dr. Milligan stressed that communities should be recognised as stewards of nature's assets and should be recognised for the benefits to the global community that their stewardship provides.
The Out of the Blue images enabled Dr. Milligan to bring his presentation and the discussion that followed it to life. The images provided vivid examples to support Dr. Milligan's analysis. They proved to be a powerful tool to assert the importance and potential of our blue assets and we hope they continue to be so as the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting progresses.


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The International Federation of Journalists has called on media organisations to act to minimise the risk to reporters covering the conflict in Afghanistan following the killing of three journalists in an ambush on Sunday.
"Journalists must not go into areas that have not been secured," said Aidan White, general secretary of the IFJ. "These colleagues apparently died following a lead from a Northern Alliance commander who said he was taking them into an area the Taliban had surrendered. In fact, it was a trap." French journalists Johanne Sutton, 34, of Radio France Internationale, and Pierre Billaud, 31, working for the Luxembourg-based RTL network, and a German freelance, Volker Handloik, 40, reporting for Stern magazine, were among a group of six journalists travelling on the roof of an armoured personnel carrier that was fired upon close to the frontline in north-eastern Afghanistan.
The three were apparently dislodged from the carrier and shot by Taliban forces while the others escaped.
According to Australian journalist Paul McGeough, one of the survivors, they had been invited by an Alliance commander, Amer Bashir, to visit a ridge captured from the Taliban. He said the personnel carrier came under fire from three directions.
McGeough said the carrier lurched violently and Handloik, who had been sitting beside him, was thrown through the air. He was later found to have been shot through the head.
In an article for the Sydney Morning Herald, McGeough wrote: "We are here by choice and we all took the calculated risk of riding into the night with Commander Bashir." The IFJ said: "These journalists died tragically trying to cover a story that all the world wants to know about, but they should not have been put at risk."
The IFJ has again called on all media to follow the international codes adopted by major news groups for the safety of journalists and media staff.
"No story is worth a life," said the IFJ. "Journalists and media organisations must make sure that safety is the first concern, particularly in this uncontrolled and ill-disciplined form of warfare." lThe IFJ has expressed concern that the media may be a target after the Kabul office of Arab satellite television network al-Jazeera was destroyed by a US bomb shortly before Northern Alliance forces entered the city. Managing director Mohammed Jassim al-Ali said its 10 staff were believed to be safe but their whereabouts were unknown. The missile also damaged offices of Associated Press and the BBC.
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No doubt you have seen old photographs of Portsmouth, now Old Portsmouth, when it was surrounded by fortifications with massive embankments of earth pierced by several fine gates. Landport Gate in St George's Road is still in its original position.
The cost of building those ramparts, put up at the time of Elizabeth I, was huge and some of the cost was defrayed by profits from the first state lottery.
The scheme comprised 400,000 tickets each costing 10 shillings (50p) and the prizes were, wait for it, pieces of plate and trinkets.
The first draw was made on June 11, 1659, and continued day and night until August 6.
I cannot work out what ten bob (yes, I was named after the shilling) would be worth in today's money, but a sight more than the £2 we pay today I am sure.
One pound in 1901 is now worth £109 so the difference over nearly 400 years must be vast.
I am not sure winning 'a trinket' would encourage many to buy a ticket either. Unless they were solid gold.


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A little look into my life.. Finding myself after having gastric bypass surgery, and the ups and downs along the way.
About Gastric Girl
- Laurie (TheSafestScents.com)
- Tomball, TX, United States
- My name is Laurie. I'm 34 and I live in a suburb of Houston, TX. My life isn't super exciting or ultra dramatic, but I love it! My blogs are just a peek into my life as I know it. I'm quite random and have an opinion on everything, but I love everyone's aspect on things, even if I disagree. The world would be quite boring if not! :-)
Thursday 13: Eye Candy
This Thursday 13 Edition is devoted to Eye Candy! We're all allowed to look at the menu, as long as we don't order off of it, right? HA!
1. My Boyfriend, John.. yeah, this is totally cheating, but I can't help it! I think he's a hottie! :) Yeah, he doesn't smile in pictures (even as a kid he didn't) but he smiles in the real world and has a great one!
2) Gerard Butler - He was great in 300, and I even loved him in that movie with Katherine Heigl even though I can't remember the name of it... good actor, and easy on the eyes!
3) Michael Symon - He's an Iron Chef and a hottie! What's not to like?
4) Hugh Jackman - Yeah, I seem to have a thing for action movie stars or bald guys.. what's up with that? LOL
5) Carter Oosterhouse - He was a carpenter on Trading Spaces and now I think he has his own show... A handy guy that's easy on the eyeballs!
6) Sam Worthington - I first saw him in the latest Terminator movie, then saw him in Avatar.. he's a good actor!
7) Channing Tatum - He's been in some good movies too!
8) Robert Pattinson - Yeah, I hesitated with this one, but I can't help it! I'm totally on Team Edward!! haha! I hope I don't lose any blog readers with this one.. :-)
9) Pierce Brosnan - I know he's a little out of my age range, but he has aged beautifully, and I think he's gorgeous! My favorite James Bond by far... granted, I hadn't seen many Sean Connery ones, but still!
10) Colin Firth - Ok, I guess Pierce got me thinking of Mamma Mia! So, I had to add Colin Firth.. he's adorably dorky.. I love it!
11) Justin Long - Another one that I think is adorable in a cute, dorky kinda way! :)
12) Bradley Cooper - He's almost too pretty for me, but I couldn't resist!
13) Saved the best for last (except the boyfriend, of course!) - John Krasinksi - I love his role on the Office, and I think he's absolutely adorable!
So, do I have strange taste? LOL! Anyone I miss that should be a must have on here? I'm sure I forgot quite a few, but I only have space for 13! :)
Happy Thursday to you all! :)
Thursday 13
12 comments:
- Kim said...
I think the only two I agree on are your boyfriend and Hugh Jackman! The guy who plays Morgan on Criminal Minds...yum! Johnny Depp....delicious. But you still have a very pleasant list to look at!
- June 10, 2010 at 10:49 AM
- Janet said...
Johnny Depp, for sure. Karl Urban, Viggo Mortenson, Josh Holloway...I could go on :-)
- June 10, 2010 at 10:57 AM
- Heather said...
I LOVE it! You have good taste. I like the dorky/adorable/funny guys too. I wonder if I could come up with 13. I can say that I think I realized that I have a strange sense of attraction too. I just told my sister the other day that I have a crush on Ricky Gervais - seriously? It's the funny boys that win me over! :-)
- June 10, 2010 at 11:02 AM
- Brenda ND said...
I like that you included your boyfriend. That's great and it's so cool you were able to change your life, eating and image. You look great.
- June 10, 2010 at 11:26 AM
- christine said...
But I love many of the hotties on your list. Colin Firth? Carter O? Pierce Brosnan? Oh yes....serve me up some of them!
- June 10, 2010 at 1:23 PM
- Tricia said...
UM BACK OFF JOHN KRASINSKI BEFORE I HAVE TO CUT YOU! That is all.
- June 10, 2010 at 6:42 PM
- colleen said...
I just don't think Gerard Butler is all that. I think your boyfriend is cuter.
I would say Jeff Bridges, Brad Pitt to start with.
- June 10, 2010 at 10:47 PM
- Bandita Senorita said...
We have similar taste. Super cuties (but it's our secret--can't tell the man :) ).
- June 10, 2010 at 10:47 PM
- Bringing Pretty Back said...
I say John is the best! ( :
My hubby should be on there, haha!
Have a pretty night,
- June 10, 2010 at 11:00 PM
- Laurie said...
I'm totally team Edward, too. Can't wait for the new movie. I love me some JOsh Holloway, Janet! Ooh. I love me some eye candy. Good times!
- June 11, 2010 at 9:31 AM
- KrysTros said...
Sam Worthington all the way! And just where is Mr. Christian Bale? He is so freaking hot!
- June 11, 2010 at 11:08 PM
- Chrissy said...
great pics although I would have to add Wentworth Miller to that list.. Ohh and Jason Varitek!
- June 16, 2010 at 2:46 PM


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The CEO and founder, Vladimir Gendelman, knew that as a small, relatively new company, gaining the trust of potential clients—even to do something like requesting a quote—could be a challenge.
"Getting users to request quotes from our website was often difficult, especially when we were just starting out and didn't have a long history to establish trust. Many clients won't even consider making a purchase unless they know for sure that their information will be secure."
- Vladimir Gendelman, CEO, Company Folders, Inc.
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Ultimately, he decided to go with the McAfee SECURE certification because it lets his customers know "they'll be secure whenever they buy from us...giving our clients much greater confidence in our company, brand, and website."
Like any good businessman, Vladimir decided to test the impact of the McAfee SECURE service himself. He began displaying the certification trustmark in the footer of his site. The certification trustmark reassures people that the site they're on is safe to do business with, and as Vladimir pointed out, with McAfee's strong brand cachet, acts like a trusted advisor to consumers.
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(CBS) – A week after a deadly tornado ripped through Ottawa and Naplate, some progress is evident as the LaSalle County communities rebuild hard-hit areas.
CBS 2 Meteorologist Ed Curran returns to the region, about 85 miles southwest of Chicago.
Naplate Fire Chief John Nevins says the most surprising thing has been how quickly the cleanup has progressed.
"It's moved along faster than I thought with the destruction that we had. Certainly in this area where we're at there's still a lot of debris, but if we look around the rest of the village, much of it is gone," he says.
Nevins says the lingering sight of uprooted houses is likely because owners are still waiting on insurance adjusters.
"Some companies will be out a little later than others, but it's all going to be taken care of in a rapid fashion," Nevins says.
The tornado that struck last week was an EF-3 that reached speeds of about 155 mph, weather officials said.
Two men were fatally struck by a falling tree in Ottawa when the storm hit.


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- use the 'RIBA' letters after your name and the title 'Chartered Architect'
- use the RIBA crest on your website, business cards or drawings
- be included in the public directory of RIBA Chartered Members. If you run your own studio, apply to become a RIBA Chartered practice to be included in the commercial Find an Architect directory
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I've been working on this blog post in my head for over four weeks but just wasn't quite up to getting this on paper yet. This has been a difficult one to write. It's been hard to put into words the loss of such a great professor, writer, mentor, friend, consultant and brilliant mind. Oren Harari, distinguished professor of business at University of San Francisco and author of nine books passed away in April.
Oren was truly one of the most brilliant marketers and strategists I've ever had the pleasure to learn and work with. About 6'5″ with an athletic build, Oren was known for pacing during keynotes and lectures with such enthusiasm and energy that you really felt like you were on the edge of your seat, just waiting to hear the next piece of critical information on how to transform your business and drive your business over the edge to the next big thing. If you took a swig of water from your water bottle, you seriously had missed an important moment. I remember one student went to the bathroom during class once, and we were right in the middle of discussing his company's CRM strategy…(won't mention the name but it turned out to be one of the largest CRM co's in the world)…and the question was–" How do you know when the moment has come for you to to make a critical change in direction or strategy for your company?"… and when the student came back from the bathroom, Oren laughed and yelled out to him, "You missed it! We just figured out the turning point, the point of change for YOUR company! We got it! YOU missed it!"…we all laughed, but truly, in those 3 minutes, the conversation had moved forward so quickly in the discussion, and he did miss it. Oren had made the breakthrough statement that would change that CRM company's strategy forever. In 3 minutes, no less.
Taking notes was impossible because Oren was taking you to another place when he lectured, opening doors to your mind, pushing visualizations of the impossible when it came to business concepts and growth. If you were listening carefully, you were already taking your business to new heights in your mind, doing the impossible, pushing through barriers, visually walking into your CEO's office or boldly knocking on your boss' boss door, convincing your key management team to make a change, take a chance, do something new and exciting. Doing it not for political reasons, but because it was the right thing to do for your company, to drive growth, revenues, and build a healthy and exciting environment for your employees.
"Be audacious!" he would say to us loudly during our class.
"Where is your company going to go next and next…and next? Are you on the leading edge of innovation?" he challenged his students. Were we?
When I met Oren during business school, he was working on his book, "Break from the Pack" and I am constantly taken back to those first few classes with Oren when he announced to the class that "he would be taking notes on OUR current companies, and perhaps may include some examples in his new book, if we were willing." Since most of us were working full-time while getting the MBA, we were in the trenches of some of the most successful (or unsuccessful companies) and he wanted to learn from us. Here was a man who authored the NY Times Bestseller "The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell," along with many other books and HE was taking notes from us? Was he nuts? We were just B-School students stuck in the chain of management…trying to get through the next 15 months of school awake, trying to keep our spouses in tact even though we stayed up late every night on the phone with our "study groups" working on papers, midterms and presentations. Could WE really help him? Help his book? Later, when I got to know him better, I realized that this was the hallmark of his true leadership. Oren was just as passionate about learning as he was about consulting some of the most successful CEOs and Fortune 500s in the world and this was his secret to innovation, and this combination (along with his creativity) made him one of "Top 40 Business and Management Minds in the World." Oren successfully integrated his passion for learning and being on the edge of trends with his mastery of working with executives and his incredible ability to convince people to make changes, bold, bold changes that could increase their success twenty-fold.
After business school I ventured off to the corporate world and eventually wrote Market This! my first book, and convinced myself to ask Oren to read the final manuscript. When he gave the manuscript a great review (and endorsed the back of the book), I was so thrilled and honored. This opened the door to a new friendship in which Oren gave me feedback from time to time about new ventures, social media (he wanted to learn everything about it and how to use it) and my interest and passion around new ventures, start-ups and making people become better marketers. He always had great ideas, great conversation and enthusiasm. Oren will be missed, and lucky for us, he left behind him the legacy of his books and his great teachings.
Here are the top 5 things I learned from Oren that will continue to stick with me:
1.) Take your customers to an impossible place.
Oren always said that you need to be able to take your customers to a place that they never thought was possible. This meant giving them an experience that they'd never had before with any supplier, vendor, partner. "Take them all the way to WOW!" he'd sometimes say. He suggested doing this through authenticity, leading with genuine caring and showing your customer how supportive you are of them, so that they can be supportive of you. Loyalty, he said, came from leading with genuine caring for the customer.
2.) Make Technology your lifeline.
Are you innovating? Leaders who understand innovation, Oren used to say were leaders who really used the most cutting-edge technology "underground…" to make their business thrive, and be efficient. If you're on top of the latest technology to give you a better reach to your customers, you are innovating.
3.) Seek compelling ideas from outside your organization.
Even the most successful companies can learn from organizations that are unlike them. Oren was always encouraging his students and customers to learn from organizations in other industries. How are they succeeding? What are they trying? Consider the unthinkable–what industry is not like yours that is innovating and thrived in their own industry or beyond their own industry…what are they doing to thrive and grow and could you try it?
4.) Partner with outside organizations.
Outside organizations who partner with you can give you great perspective on how to do thing better, faster, more efficiently. Use your partners as advisors and share, collaborate and learn from them. They may be the ones to suggest an idea that your organization has never thought of, or heard of but may greatly need to drive new success.
5.) Never stop learning.
Oren was constantly reading, educating himself, learning from students, colleagues, CEOs, suppliers, and the list goes on. His insatiable curiosity for business events and the world truly made him a great business consultant, advisor and professor.


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Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Disney Hidden Worlds (best free Android apps for kids)
Disney does a great job taking popular gaming themes and making them perfect for kids. They have done it again with Disney Hidden Worlds. In this attractive take on hidden objects play, users are guided through popular Disney stories Aladdin, Tangled, Beauty and the Beast and coming soon, The Little Mermaid. Chrona and the Inklings are new Disney characters who direct play as users find objects and collect items necessary to unlock scenes.
What's free? The app is free to download and progress can be achieved through game play without in-app purchases.
What's not free? In-app purchases are available to speed progress.
You can download Disney Hidden Worlds at the link below,
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From Google Play:
Find Hidden Objects in scenes from your favorite Disney movies! Journey to a world of imagination and recreate the story worlds of Beauty and the Beast, Tangled, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid and more classic Disney films. Meet Chrona and the Inklings, brand new Disney characters who will help you keep your Disney Kingdoms safe from a mysterious new villain and let you see your favorite Disney films in a whole new way!
Game Features
- Hidden Object scenes based on Beauty and the Beast, Tangled, Aladdin, and coming next week, The Little Mermaid!
- Regular content updates to add even more classic Disney movie scenes!
- Download now and play in your choice of English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
- Find over 50 hidden objects in each timeless Disney movie moment.
- Multiple gameplay modes including Hidden Object and Find the Detail.
- Difficulty increases as you replay each scene. Use hints to find hard-to-spot objects!
- Re-live the magic of your favorite Disney Films as you restore dozens of interactive Disney Kingdoms.
- Get to know Chrona and the Inklings as you work together to defeat a brand new Disney villain!
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Zelda grabbed some fallen pine branches and placed them over the logs. She bent down young sapling pines and stretched them over the logs, holding them down in place with rocks. She limped in pain, back inside. "That should do for cover." she said, leaning slowly against the wall. She looked at her teammates as the moonlight painted zebra streaks across the cave. They were pretty hurt. "Tanya, do me a favor and go grab some ferns will you?" Zelda asked.
Tanya nodded and walked out. She came back shortly, arms full of fern leaves.
Zelda slowly limped around and distributed them to everyone, telling them to wrap the leaves around their wounds and tie them down with the stems. She herself attended to Mallory, who was still out cold. Finally, she herself wrapped several wounds from her tail to her snout, and splinted her ankle. They could finally get some rest. Zelda limped up a rock against the cave wall, and sat down on it, perched protectively over Mallory.
Tanya took something out of her pocket and began to examine it. It was one of the robots, not too damaged. "Zelda... this looks like some sorta animal." she said, tossing the robot over to Zelda.
Zelda turned it over gently. The creature was no bigger than a foot long. Well built from tiny plates of metal, and jointed to be incredibly lifelike. "It actually resembles a dinosaur... the compsognathus to be exact." Zelda said slowly.


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Vapur, one of our favorite companies in the hydration realm, upped its game yesterday with the release of the Vapur Drinklink system. Now, the Vapur family of bottles is approximately three times more versatile than it was before.
Drinklink lets you use any Vapur bottle in three ways – as an original Vapur bottle with their high-flow Supercap, as a bite valve sport bottle, and as a hydration bladder. They accomplish this via use of quick-connect couplings. So, you can plug the bite-valve directly into the top of the bottle or you can connect an included, 36″ hose, and slip the bottle into your pack.
We've had a Drinklink in house for about a week now. Our tester kit came with a bite valve, 36″ hose with quick-connect couplings on both ends, a clip to attach the hose to a backpack strap, and the Drinklink cap. Vapur also sent a 1.5-liter Anti-Bottle to complete the kit. We like the bite valve, which looks almost identical to an Osprey Hydraulics bite valve, one of our favorites. It locks and unlock with a simple push-in/pull-out motion. Also, the quick-connect couplers appear to be identical to those used by Platypus on their bladders. You'll be able to find replacement parts even if the shop you're in doesn't carry Vapur.
First, as a regular bottle with the Supercap, Vapur is already top-notch. The Supercap seals the bottle well, keeps the drinking spout clean and debris-free, and still allows for a satisfying flow rate.
Next, replace the Supercap with Vapur's quick-connect Drinklink cap and attach the bite valve directly and you have your sports bottle. It works well and it's nice to not have to flip the lid of a Supercap open to take a drink. If you're moving at a casual pace or just sitting around the system is great. We'd recommend considering a smaller bottle if you plan on using it as a sport bottle, though. The 1.5L bottle is a bit ungainly and almost requires two hands, which may be tough on a trail run.
Finally, putting the whole system together gives you a hydration bladder. There's plenty of hose to reach into the deepest of packs. We're not necessarily sold on the right angle Vapur puts in the valve end, but it's not a big deal. Everything works as it should and no other hydration bladder system is as versatile as Vapur's Drinklink.
A few caveats: If you're an especially thirsty individual, know that our 1.5L tester is the largest bottle Vapur makes at the moment, so you may have to refill more often. We're also slightly concerned about two things. One, there is no way to attach a Vapur Anti-bottle inside your hydration sleeve, so the bottle may shift around. Two, the coupling on the Drinklink cap is completely exposed and has no protection from impact or sheering forces. In hydration mode, it sticks straight down in your pack's hydration sleeve. We can imagine a situation where someone may drop their pack the wrong way and break the coupling. It's probably the only way the system could have been designed so that an Anti-bottle can be used all three ways. Hopefully, it's never an issue.
In the future, we'd like to see Vapur create a more versatile water filter that can be used with the Drinklink system. Right now, Vapur only offers a filter that is permanently attached to a Supercap. A separate filter that can lock into a Supercap or Drinklink cap would be aces.
No one makes such a versatile hydration system. In that regard, Vapur is leading the charge.


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The best part about growing up and staying in Pittsburgh is that you get to track people for generations. The down side, if you want to call it that, is that you can never escape your past. There's no telling people you're younger than you are or that you were smarter or more popular than you were. To live here as an adult, you have to make peace with your past.
And while it is comforting to live in a place where everybody knows everybody else's names and not just their business but their grandparents' business, there's an element of vulnerability that accompanies all this familiarity. I internalized that feeling of vulnerability, maybe too well, in that I grew into adulthood caring more about protecting how I appeared to other people than how I appeared to myself.
As a child, I was terrified that something awful would happen to me; not because of the thing itself, but because I would be one of those people who everyone talked about, pointed to. For my part, I managed to walk the line socially and academically, not embarrassing myself in either endeavor; for His part, G-d saved me from circumstantial humiliation beyond my control. But was that my whole purpose in life–not to be embarrassed in front of people who weren't my friends anyway?
Maybe because there were hundreds of kids in my the class at Taylor Allderdice High School, everyone had to belong to some sort of a clique, which meant that you couldn't walk home or eat lunch with anyone else. Were any of us really friends? I don't think so. We were all just trying to survive, to feel better about ourselves, often by putting others down. Although high school taught me how to walk with an air of impenetrable confidence–and I'm not minimizing that skill–gaining true confidence has been a bit more challenging yet far more satisfying.
The key component to that confidence for me, of course, started with my acceptance that G-d created me with both gifts and challenges, and that I am here for Him on a job called life with an immutable guidebook called Torah. As if trying to internalize all that wasn't hard enough, there was also this incredibly challenging notion that (political incorrectness drum roll) G-d, Torah and the Jewish People are all one. I mean One. All One. Intertwined and interdependent. To get it right, a person has to get all three right.
Even after I jumped on the Torah bandwagon as a vehicle to know G-d, there was still that elusive third wheel– ahavas yisroel, the love of a fellow Jew. Understanding the notion that each and every Jew has a G-dly essence that transcends our behaviors of thought, speech and deed–the garments of the soul in Chassidic parlance–is meant to translate into an overarching love for one another regardless of those appearances. When we relate to another Jew soul-to-soul– doing for them, caring for them, accepting them–we complete the circle of Oneness, and make G-d divinely happy.
Trying to achieve a greater level of ahavas yisroel has provided me with the bulk of my spiritual work, shedding all vestiges of that self-protecting, high school-fueled cliquishness, making room for everyone else on their terms. It has been challenging work; for me to leave high school has been easier than getting high school to leave me.
Maybe it's just called growing up, deciding what to take and what to leave about one's upbringing. And some challenges appear to be universal, even when one is taught what G-d wants and doesn't want. For example, I now know that it is an egregious sin to speak lashon hara (literally, evil tongue), yet there is apparently something irresistibly satisfying about chewing on other people's shortcomings. Although I try not to, I hear it too much and I speak it too much; the biggest difference between now and when I was in high school is that now I feel guilty about it. Our souls naturally want to move upward; could it be that it's just easier to stand on someone else rather than tackle the more difficult job of looking inside ourselves to see what work needs to be done to correct our own failings?
One of the reasons we are cautioned against judging others is that, appearances and behavior notwithstanding, every Jew is equally G-dly at his or her core; Torah teaches and Chassidus emphasizes that our purpose in life is to strive to behave in a way that reveals this G-dliness within ourselves and within others.
I don't know how my life would be different if I had learned any of this in high school; I'm just glad I'm enrolled in the course now. Understanding what G-d wants can be a difficult subject, but, especially as I get older, it seems like it's the only one worth trying to do well in.


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I started a new section mostly for organizational purposes. When I first started blogging, I wanted a place to review books as a guide to helping people choose new things to read. I also wanted to write essays on some of the things I was reading. I kind of fell away from doing that.
So I created a new section on the website. This is where I will post essays. I'm trying to read more classics, so hopefully this will give me some accountability. Also I would like more practice at writing, so I figured this would be as good a place to put it as any. This section may be a little bit more whimsical; I think.
Oh! Lest I forget, if you'd like to write an essay and have it featured here, please email me. We don't just have to hear from me all of the time.
P.S. as this section is considered a blog, you can subscribe. Just click the Belles-Lettres at the top of the page. It will take you to the front where you can subscribe.


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Hey rod . Remember me ? The guy who has been stucked at 225 for over two years ? . I'm following your workout . No clean diet . Eating whatever I want . I gained 4 pounds already but my bench has gone up 20
Pounds in less than a moth doing your workout plan . My squat is 335×8 also has crazily gone up . I don't do the deadlift part or the lunges . But your workout plan is amazing. thanks rod . One question . If I'm going to this pace . Where do you think I can get with my bench press in one more month ? Realistically? I appreciate your help


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Females punished by the courts have increased by almost ten per cent in two years to and is now at its highest level since 2004.
It comes as police warned of a growing trend of teenage girls, some as young as 14, being used to stash guns for criminals after a sharp rise in those caught with firearms.
Figures also showed a seven per cent rise in all people sentenced for theft and violence in the first three months of this year, adding to fears that the recession is driving up crime.
Dominic Grieve, the shadow Justice Secretary, said: "It is deeply disturbing that an increasing number of women are entering our criminal justice system.
"It is yet another symptom of this government's failure to deter crime or address the key drivers of female offending, from drug abuse to mental illness."
A total of 12,265 females were sentenced by the courts in the first three months of this year, a seven per cent rise on the same quarter last year and up nine per cent on 2007, according the Ministry of Justice statistics.
It was the highest level since the first quarter of 2004, indicated an increasing trend of women turning to crime.
In June it emerged the number of women involved in alcohol-related trouble has increased by almost a third in two years while, in May, figures showed females are now involved in a quarter of violent attacks.
The number of women convicted for domestic violence has also risen sharply and has been blamed on an aggressive "ladette" culture.
The Metropolitan Police are now urging young women not to hide guns for crooks and boyfriends amid a growing problem.
The number of women caught in possession of a firearm in the capital in 2007 stood at just two but 12 have been caught so far this year alone. A total of 14 were caught last year. Overall, some 46 women and girls have been charged since 2004.
Those involved are also becoming increasingly younger with two 14-year-olds and two 15-year-olds among those caught in the last two years.
A 16-year-old girl was arrested after a 9mm Browning self-loading pistol loaded with one round was discovered in her bedroom.
Police fear more girls are being persuaded to store weapons for male friends and relatives.
The series of radio, cinema and billboard adverts – carrying the strapline "Hide his gun and you help commit the crime" – has been launched by Trident, the Metropolitan Police's anti-shooting unit.
Detective Chief Superintendent Helen Ball, head of Trident, said: "This really is a worrying and emerging trend that we are arresting more young women and girls for this offence.
"Many believe that if they are caught with a firearm they will not be prosecuted for possession because 'clearly' it is not their gun. If found guilty of gun possession they will face a prison sentence, regardless of their sex."
There is a minimum five year term for possessing an illegal firearm.


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We require a 50% retainer fee and a signed contract to book your date.
The rest is due 30 days before your wedding.
Contact us to inquire about availability.
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We select and edit every image ourselves.
We enhance every image, but spend extra time on our favorites.
When do I get my images?
We have a 4 to 8 week turn around for images, depending on the time of year and size of the wedding.
We upload them to a private proofing gallery and email you a link as soon as they are online.
We mail you a usb thumb drive once you have approved the images.
What about prints?
You do not have to buy prints from us.
You get a personal copyright release. Make as many prints as you like, share on social media, etc.
We provide easy online print ordering as an additional service to our couples. 4x6's start at $0.98.
You can share your online gallery with friends and family so that they can easily order prints as well.
Are you insured?
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The Asian superpower has consolidated its position as the second-biggest economy in the world. After decades marked by population growth, major trade agreements, and a very open economic policy, China went out to become a local leader. Now, it has shown a willingness to really accept a full leadership role in world affairs, particularly since Trump's promises of protectionism.
The extent of Chinese investment can be seen everywhere, from energy companies all over the world and peace-keeping missions in Africa to Hollywood blockbusters. Chinese technology brands have slowly introduced themselves into Western markets and offer fierce competition to traditional sellers.
However, the Chinese government has already been preparing to face extensive demographic challenges in the coming future.
An Ever-changing Economy
A lot has changed in China since 1978, when the Asian country implemented market reforms and went from a centrally planned economy to a market-based one. It emphasised the extreme importance of values such as competitiveness, and openness to establishing trade deals with other nations.
This paid off for the Chinese as the country boomed in the 1990s, leading to major social developments as a consequence. Since 1978, its GDP increased by an average of 10% a year, the quickest sustained surge by a major economy ever recorded in history. Even though it is still considered a developing country, China has been able to pull 800 million people out of poverty.
It is now making valuable humanitarian efforts in developing countries as well as playing a major leadership role as the world's second-biggest economy.
Not Quite so Rosy
However, the nation is far from being free of challenges. Its per capita income is still a very small proportionate to that of other modern developed countries, and estimations point out that there are currently still more than 70 million people living in poverty in rural areas, according to the Chinese poverty standard.
There are also major concerns about the extreme inequality and environmental issues caused by fast economic growth. The country is now the largest manufacturing country and exporter of goods in the world, having overtaken the United States in 2010. China has been championing free trade, and, as the largest trading nation in the world, it has trade agreements with several countries outside the World Trade Organization.
However, the last few years have been marked by efforts in countering high levels of air pollution and investing in transformative state-of-the-art technology and innovation as opposed to traditional manufacturing. China is betting big on establishing itself as the world's leading technology manufacturer.
The Next Tech Giant?
Many of China's largest companies are state-owned enterprises, yet none of its top 20 specialises in technology, being mostly focused on oil, energy, and banking. This doesn't mean, however, that Chinese tech companies shouldn't be taken seriously. There is great potential for future growth as the country's top export is electronic equipment (worth $600.3bn in 2015).
China has a monopoly on almost all of the world's rare-earth metals that are crucial for making most of the tech products we enjoy today, including laptops, tablets, smartphones, and even many military and medical technologies. Two of China's biggest exporter companies specialise in diversified metals such as these.
Beyond rare earth metals, there are other cases of strong investment that are now paying off. Lenovo is a good example. Not only did the Beijing-based company become the number one computer maker in the world in early 2015, it also managed to do so in less than ten years, after buying IBM's famous PC business. The company is now looking to become one of the major tech companies in the world after buying Motorola and investing in a new server business.
Shifting one's gaze from computers to internet businesses, the examples are even easier to spot. Chinese e-commerce Alibaba holds the world record for the largest opening day IPO when it raised 25 billion dollars. Tencent's WeChat had more mobile transactions over 2016's Chinese New Year period than PayPal achieved in the whole of 2015.
Together with Baidu, these companies make up the top three tech behemoths in China, representing an estimated combined market cap of 400 billion dollars. They are defying gravity in a global digital economy.
China is expanding its influence, and of the top fourteen private tech companies valued at more than 10 billion dollars, five have headquarters in China (according to PwC). Some analysts note that even the new cryptocurrency Bitcoin might have survived one of its toughest years to date thanks to China.
The Dynamics Are ChangingIn fact, it is estimated that China's bitcoin markets account for about 98% of the entire trading in the global bitcoin market.
While China is still far from being a developed nation, there have been efforts made to improve its status at a steady pace. The national minimum wage is currently 2190 yuan per month, which translates into £251. This may not seem like much, but it's a significant improvement compared to four years ago, when it stood at 1450 yuan per month – or 10 years ago, when it was just 750 yuan per month.
Raising the minimum wage is a clear indicator that China's government is dedicated to giving a better living standard to its massive population and to countering the current levels of poverty. It shows signs of an emerging consumer class that, at the same time, pressures companies' costs.
When it comes to competitiveness, China reached an all-time high this year, with 4.95 points out of a maximum 7 on a competitiveness index in the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report. It comes 28th out of 138 countries on the scale – considerably higher than the 4.55 points it had years ago.
In a report published in 2014, Deloitte wrote that the key to China's continued "prosperity competitiveness" is to continue opening up to free markets and the liberal world, as well as letting investment in. However, figures measuring Chinese corruption are not so exciting. On the Perception of Corruption 2015 Index, the Asian giant scores 37 points – worse than the 35 points it achieved in 2007.
This reveals complex reasons for concern. Some measures have been taken, though. The superpower is now in the middle of an anti-corruption campaign.
Last year, the Government sacked General Wang Jianping for "violating party discipline" (a euphemism for corruption). Dozens of other officers were also investigated by the Chinese authorities.
Yet Transparency International has still urged the nation to take "more seriously" its commitment to prosecute Chinese companies for shady dealings with officials from other countries.
Silent and strategic investment
China has never invested so much in Europe and the United States as it does now. Chinese businesses invested $23bn in Europe and $15bn in the United States in 2015, according to a report by Baker & McKenzie and the Rhodium Group.
Before this, the Chinese Government had been buying European bonds since 2008, and now Chinese companies have stakes in several European businesses – a consequence of the "going out" policy implemented in the 1990s.
While many notice China's expansion in Asia, there is also a meaningful investment in Africa. The Chinese way of doing business doesn't interfere in Africa's politics and is based on private enterprise, which the local governments seem to appreciate.
In Congo, for example, China is building roads and schools while reaping the lion's share: natural mining resources to keep its industries running.
Chinese investors have also started to look at Hollywood, too, as a profitable opportunity. Tang Media Partners bought the Hollywood film financier IM Global shortly after Dalian Wanda bought a controlling stake in Legendary Entertainment Production Company for $3.5bn.
Production companies such as Warner Brothers and Lions Gate Entertainment also have Chinese capital, as Chinese investors are looking for better ways to grow a cinema market that will likely surpass the US as the world's largest this year, according to PwC.
Paving a Sustainable Path
When China signed the historic Paris climate agreement, there was speculation about Beijing's ability to follow up on the promised deal, and rightfully so. Only 10% of Chinese companies carry out sustainable initiatives. But sustainability is finding its way in China too and some companies are spending hard to make amends.
Since 2008, China's state-owned companies have been carrying out sustainability projects about water conservation, wildlife protection and carbon footprint reduction. Recently, its government has been pushing environmental regulations, also in order to attract foreign investment more easily.
At this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, the Chinese President Xi Jinping strongly stressed environmental issues and sparked speculation that China might come to lead the fight on climate change at a time when President Trump doesn't even acknowledge the issue.
Also, five of the top six solar panel manufacturers and five of the top ten wind turbine makers are in China. Still, with a very long way to go, the Asian superpower made the highest investment in renewable energy in the world in 2016, at $88bn. With Trump's focus on other issues, the next four years could be a turning point for China as it has the chance to become the climate change champion the world needs.
Can China Keep Up with Itself?
With 1.3 billion people, China has the largest population of any country in the world, but not even the relaxation of the one-child-policy last year has been enough to significantly counter its declining birthrate. This tendency could prove dangerous for the economic future of the nation as its ageing population will increase and pressure public services and social security.
According to estimates from China's Development and Reform Commission, 25% of the population will be older than 60 years old by 2030 (the figure stood at 16% in 2015) – and the population of working age, between 15 and 59, will be 80 million smaller in 2030 than it was two years ago. The question that remains is whether or not it is too late to change course.
Adaptation Is the Name of the Game
China already proved countless times that it is ready to adopt a leadership role while championing international free trade and, perhaps, climate change. It is emerging as a superpower in the tech world and spreading its footprints all over the world by either investing in resources for its future or buying stakes in the successful enterprises of today.
There are still understandable concerns about sustainability and endurance. Can China achieve all its goals while complying with international rules? Can it save its economy from the consequences of an increasingly ageing population? The next few years will likely shed some light on this.
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We have a pretty good thing worked out: she plans the meals and does the grocery shopping and I prepare the meals. She started her meatless diet shortly after we married so I stopped preparing meat in the house, but I continued to eat meat when we dinned at restaurants. After slowly easing into a meatless diet over several months, I finally made the decision to quit meat all together.
People often ask me if I adopted a meatless diet for social or health reasons. The answer is: both. I believe in the humane treatment of animals, but I also feel so much more healthy since eliminating my meat intake. Cooking vegetarian is much cheaper and easier. I have become fascinated with trying to adapt classic recipes into vegetarian ones.
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This archive of previously issued food recalls and allergy alerts is provided for reference and research purposes.
Users should note that the products listed in the archive have been subject to removal from the marketplace or appropriate corrective action. Food recalls or allergy alerts are not an indication of the food safety status of products produced at a later date.
Allergy Alert - Undeclared ALMONDS in certain PC brand MILK CHOCOLATE COVERED RAISINS
- Recall / advisory date:
- November 13, 2012
- Reason for recall / advisory:
- Allergen - Tree Nut
- Hazard classification:
- Class 2
- Company / Firm:
- Loblaw Companies Limited
- Distribution:
- National
- Extent of the distribution:
- Retail
- Reference number:
- 7568
Advisory details
Ottawa, November 13, 2012 - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Loblaw Companies Limited (Loblaw) are warning people with allergies to almonds not to consume the PC brand Milk Chocolate covered Raisins described below because the affected product may contain almonds which are not declared on the label.
The affected product, President's Choice (PC) brand Milk Chocolate Covered Raisins, is sold in 908 g packages (Club Pack), bearing UPC 0 60383 98203 4 and Best Before date 2013 JL 15.
This product has been distributed nationally.
There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of this product.
Consumption of this product may cause a serious or life-threatening reaction in persons with allergies to almonds.
Loblaw Companies Limited is voluntarily recalling the affected product from the marketplace. The CFIA is monitoring the effectiveness of the recall.
Affected products
|Brand Name
|Common Name
|Code(s) on Product
|Reason for Recall
|President's Choice
|Milk Chocolate covered Raisins
|908 g
|0 60383 98203 4
|Allergen - Tree Nut
More information
For information on common food allergens, visit the Food Allergens web page.
For more information, consumers and industry can contact the CFIA by filling out the online feedback form.
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The Gambia's electoral commission chief has warned President Yahya Jammeh that his bid to overturn the election result will not change the fact that he lost to property developer Adama Barrow.
Alieu Momarr Njai, the country's electoral chief said the "election results were correct, and nothing will change that."
Njai said if it goes to court, his commission can prove every vote cast. Ballot boxes remain sealed for thirty days in case a recount is demanded.
Mr. Jammeh said on Saturday that he would challenge his defeat in the Supreme Court, alleging that the poll was marred by irregularities.
Initially, he accepted defeat and said he would go and retire to his farm, in a village on the border with Senegal's southern region of Casamance.
Mr. Barrow won 222,708 votes (43.34%), compared with Mr. Jammeh's 208,487 (39.6%). A third candidate, Mama Kandeh, won 89,768 (17.1%).
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The lack of transparency from the Mayor and Bedford Borough Council on the future of the old Putnoe School site in High View is a source of frustration for everyone in the local area. The council has gone to the trouble to get permission from Government and run a consultation on the future of the site so they can sell the buildings. It is not credible that the council has no potential buyers and no idea what is to happen to the site. It should be open about its intentions, otherwise all that is left is rumour.
The Liberal Democrat Mayor and his Government colleagues at the Department for Education have already made a questionable decision to dispose of the site even though many local schools have rising rolls, are over subscribed and some are using cabins.
We know that some of the playing fields will be used for junior football pitches and providing extra space for the kids at Overdale Tots and Sunflower House - a good use for the space. However, all the council will say is that the school buildings will be sold. To whom? For what? How long will they stand empty?
The site is in a residential area. As locals in many parts of Bedford will know, empty buildings are an eyesore, they lower the character of an area and attract anti-social behaviour. When they're owned by the council, they're ongoing maintenance and security is a pointless waste of taxpayers' money.
The Mayor and his officials need to get their act together and tell people what they intend to do and when.
People are sensible and know that timetables and schemes might change over time. The council should not be secretive and trust residents with information on its plans.